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George McGrath (field hockey)

George Frederick McGrath (19 September 1885 – 6 August 1956) was a British field hockey player. He won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.

Biography

McGrath was born in Camberwell, the son of a post office worker.

He played club hockey for Wimbledon Hockey Club from 1912, a club he revived after World War I, and became its honorary secretary and treasurer. During the war he served as a lieutenant at the Royal School of Artillery.

At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, he represented Great Britain at the hockey tournament.

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